How To Install libsoqt4-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsoqt4-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsoqt4-dev
libsoqt4-dev is:
SoQt is a Qt GUI component toolkit library for Coin, based on the API of the InventorXt GUI component toolkit. SoQt is also compatible with OpenInventor of SGI and TGS.
SoQt provides a class-hierarchy of viewer classes that ranges from a simple render canvas (the SoQtRenderArea), providing only the basic synchronization and device input conversion routines between Qt and Coin, up to 3 different full-featured viewer classes (SoQtExaminerViewer, SoQtPlaneViewer and SoQtFlyViewer) with input device handling logic and user interfaces to let the application programmer do Rapid Application Development.
This library is linked against Qt version 4.
There are three methods to install libsoqt4-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsoqt4-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsoqt4-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsoqt4-dev
Install libsoqt4-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsoqt4-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsoqt4-dev
Install libsoqt4-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libsoqt4-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsoqt4-dev
How To Uninstall libsoqt4-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsoqt4-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsoqt4-dev
Uninstall libsoqt4-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsoqt4-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsoqt4-dev
Remove libsoqt4-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsoqt4-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsoqt4-dev
Remove libsoqt4-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsoqt4-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsoqt4-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsoqt4-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
